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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic education technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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